Astronomy 150

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ASTR 150 students used to memorize mnemonics for the order of the nine planets (MVEMJSUNP), but then Pluto got voted off the island, and now we should really substitute for it the Kuiper Belt (KB), but if we have the Kuiper Belt, then we should add in the Asteroid Belt (AB) and the Oort Cloud (OC). Hence

The Great MVEM - AB - JSUN - KB - OC Solar System Mnemonic Contest for ASTR 150 students in Winter 2008

The Prize winners:

1. Musty Victorians Envisioned Meteors As Being Just Some Unidentified New Killer Bees Or Cicadas
[Shelley Rappleije]

2. Many Venerable, Elderly Men Are Big Jokers, Seeking Unfulfilled Kicks Before One Croaks
[Abigail Kammerzell]

3. Maybe Vast Emptiness Means Absolute Bliss, Just So Understanding Nothing Keeps Being OK? Crap.
[Laurie Roberts]

4. My Very Expensive, Massive Astronomy Book Just Slipped Under, Ninety Kilometers Below Oceanic Crust
[Chenelle Tyack]

5. Mammoth Victories Evoke Manly Athletic Baseball Jocks Sneaking Unnecessary Narcotics, Killing Baseball's Overall Credibility
[Sabrina McGurr]

Many Verifiably Empty-headed Moonmen Appreciate Bad Jokes So UFO's Now Know: Beware Our Civilization!
[WTS3 revised from Sarah Lafley]

Marauding, Voracious ET's Munched And Baked Juicy Students Until Nausea Kept Barfing Out Consommé
[WTS3 revised from Olivia Moon]

My Vegan Earth Mother Ate Beans, Just Sagely Using No Kryptonite, But Overdosed Consistently
[WTS3]